Vladimir Putin has said 'unprecedented sanctions' and 'political pressure from the collective West' have pushed Russia and Belarus toward unification.
A top Ukrainian official has stated that Belarus has given"full control" of the Zyabrovka airfield near the Ukraine-Belarus border to Russia. Above, fighter jets fly in formation during joint exercises of the armed forces of Russia and Belarus as part of a military exercise at the Gozhsky firing range in Belarus' Grodno region on February 12.
"This is up to 4,000 personnel. But you must understand that there are also Russian troops there," Motuzianyk said at the time, according to an English translation."Considering that today the Belarusian side provides Russia with all the logistics, it is quite possible that the Russians will be able to quickly transfer some additional reserves to the territory of Belarus and, possibly, prepare an offensive, but they need to prepare for this. As of this day, we do not see it yet.
Russia's Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu reportedly told Putin that Russia's troops and members of a local separatist militia"have established full control over Lysychansk and some nearby settlements," according to a Telegram post, and that the total area liberated within that time frame was 182 square kilometers.
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